Isolated melanoma metastasis to stomach with possible regressed primary lesion: the importance of pursuing solitary melanoma metastases
McKay, J.D.; Deacon, A.
New Zealand Medical Journal 123(1325): 78-79
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1175-8716 PMID: 21317965 Document Number: 646226
This is a case of a 60-year-old man who presented with anaemia and was subsequently diagnosed with a solitary 5 cm malignant melanoma metastasis of the gastric fundus. No primary lesion was identified. After surgical resection he is alive at 5 years follow-up, adding weight to the notion that solitary melanoma metastases should be aggressively pursued, as long-term survival is possible.
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